Receiver was the biggest need for the Texans who have long lacked a top-tier receiver to play opposite star Andre Johnson, who turns 32 this summer.

It's just the second time Houston has drafted a receiver in the first round and the first time since Johnson was chosen third overall in 2003.

Last year, they drafted receivers DeVier Posey in the third round and Keshawn Martin in the fourth round. Posey contributed on offense, but tore his Achilles tendon in their playoff loss and is likely to miss a lot of time this season, and Martin worked mostly on special teams.

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Te'o still waiting: Manti Te'o must wait one more day to find out his future after a tumultuous four months.

The Notre Dame linebacker, an All-American, was not taken in the first round of the draft. And so fans — and even people who don't normally care about football — will buzz for another 24 hours about the fake girlfriend hoax and its repercussions on his football career.

But what likely dropped Te'o to the second round had little to do with the tabloid-ready story of the woman who supposedly died during the season, only for the Heisman Trophy runner-up to acknowledge in January that he had been a victim of a hoax. Before those revelations, Te'o struggled in the national championship game against Alabama and its offense full of future NFL draft picks — leaving clubs to wonder how he would fare against similar talent in the pros.

Then he ran a 4.82-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine, considered slow for a linebacker. He did better at Notre Dame's pro day, but NFL teams already had plenty of football reasons to doubt his worthiness as a first-round pick.

High Tide: Alabama's dominance once again carried over to the NFL draft.

The back-to-back-to-back picks from one team had only happened once before, according to STATS, Inc. Southern California's Stanley Havili, David Ausberry and Malcolm Smith were picked consecutively with seventh-round picks 240-242 in 2011.

The Crimson Tide had four first-rounders each of the previous two years. Tailback Eddie Lacy and defensive lineman Jesse Williams have a chance to at least match that number in this year's draft.

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DeAndre Hopkins

Drafted: First round, No. 27

overall by Houston

School: Clemson

Position: Wide receiver

Size: 6-foot-1, 214 pounds

Fast facts: Caught ACC-record 18 TDs with team-best 82 receptions last season with Tigers. ... Set school record with 1,405 receiving yards in 2012.